Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA).

High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)

School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

Debut: July 4, 2005 (Age 22-134d, 18,707th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$86.67M (23-24) & 25 vesting option

Service Time (01/2024): 18.002 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Richard Verlander

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Justin Brooks Verlander

Nicknames: JV

Pronunciation: \VUHR-land-er\

Twitter: @JustinVerlander

Instagram: @justinverlander

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MVP
3x Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
Triple Crown
9x All-Star
2x World Series
2x ERA Title
ALCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

81.4

258

141

ERA

1.74

3.24

511

10.1

3335.2

3353

WHIP

1.065

1.118

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	319	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIA	W,8-7	GS-6		99	6.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.50	4.65	23	98	64	12	16	4	12	4	2	0	57			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.057	.56	0.03%	-0.24	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
2	320	5	Apr 11	DET		PIT	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	10	7	7	2	2	0	0	8.71	4.21	23	111	71	21	5	8	11	4	2	0	15			0	2	0	18	5	0	0	0	2	0	.89	-0.318	.91	-0.20%	-3.66	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d4
3	321	10	Apr 16	DET	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	2	0	7.16	4.80	25	106	65	19	12	7	8	3	2	0	52			1	0	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.011	.83	-0.01%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	322	15	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	10	2	0	5.79	4.82	27	118	73	23	11	5	10	2	3	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.063	.93	0.04%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	323	20	Apr 27	DET		OAK	W,9-4	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.1	5	3	3	2	6	1	0	5.46	4.70	26	102	59	20	8	5	13	2	4	0	55			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.164	.64	0.09%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	324	25	May 3	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	5.0	8	7	7	3	2	1	0	6.49	4.99	25	97	61	17	4	8	12	9	0	0	22			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.348	.74	-0.26%	-4.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
7	325	30	May 8	DET		TEX	L,3-8	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	1	5.40	4.47	27	111	71	20	20	7	8	3	3	0	78			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.409	.97	0.22%	3.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	326	35	May 13	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	1	4.71	4.37	29	112	75	18	14	9	9	4	1	0	76			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.246	.69	0.11%	3.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	327	40	May 18	DET		MIN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-4)	4	7.1	6	3	3	3	10	0	0	4.58	4.02	31	112	76	18	20	6	12	2	5	0	61			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	0.259	.64	0.12%	2.14	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a5
10	328	45	May 24	DET		PHI	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	5	8.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	4.02	3.70	28	108	74	14	20	4	12	8	3	0	84			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.461	.93	0.27%	4.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
11	329	50	May 30	DET	@	LAA	L,1-5	GS-8	L(4-5)	5	7.1	4	4	4	0	7	0	0	4.11	3.45	27	116	81	18	13	6	14	6	1	0	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.063	1.00	0.04%	0.19	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	330	56	Jun 5	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	2	0	3.97	3.59	27	104	76	19	14	6	12	5	2	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.209	.97	0.14%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
13	331	61	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	5	6.2	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.77	3.47	25	106	72	20	7	8	11	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.88	0.227	.87	0.14%	2.33	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a5
14	332	66	Jun 16	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	2	3.87	3.53	30	104	68	17	10	10	10	3	1	0	51			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.067	1.35	-0.06%	-0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
15	333	71	Jun 21	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.78	3.57	28	105	69	15	11	6	16	3	4	0	61			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.095	1.06	0.06%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
16	334	76	Jun 26	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS-5	L(7-6)	4	4.2	9	8	8	2	5	4	0	4.30	4.01	24	87	56	10	9	4	13	6	1	0	17			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.501	1.26	-0.39%	-5.57	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	335	81	Jul 2	DET	@	TBR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(8-6)	5	7.0	4	2	1	1	8	0	1	4.11	3.86	26	106	69	13	14	8	8	1	2	0	70			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.19	0.208	1.23	0.13%	1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
18	336	86	Jul 7	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.07	3.84	28	103	65	20	14	9	10	5	2	0	50			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.084	1.67	0.06%	0.60	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a1
19	337	90	Jul 15	DET		KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(9-6)	7	7.0	4	2	1	2	10	0	1	3.91	3.72	28	110	72	14	20	5	10	3	3	0	71			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.080	1.39	0.06%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	338	95	Jul 20	DET		MIN	L,1-4	GS-8		4	8.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	1	3.74	3.71	29	112	81	21	13	8	9	3	1	0	81			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.452	1.23	0.30%	3.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	339	100	Jul 25	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	6.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.64	3.66	25	110	70	18	7	8	10	6	1	0	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.230	1.41	0.17%	2.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
22	340	104	Jul 30	DET		HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	0	0	3.54	3.50	33	116	83	20	19	9	12	6	0	0	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.059	2.65	-0.06%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	341	109	Aug 5	DET		NYM	W,4-3	GS-6	W(12-6)	5	6.0	4	2	2	1	9	1	0	3.52	3.47	23	103	74	17	13	3	10	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.087	1.94	0.09%	1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
24	342	114	Aug 10	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.42	3.50	29	121	81	19	14	5	16	6	5	0	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.313	2.17	0.35%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
25	343	119	Aug 16	DET		KCR	L,1-6	GS-8	L(12-7)	5	7.0	4	5	3	1	6	3	0	3.44	3.67	27	112	78	19	13	6	14	4	4	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.099	1.09	-0.10%	-1.29	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out d2
26	344	124	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,10-5	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.38	3.61	21	98	69	19	8	2	13	3	4	0	66			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.49	0.204	.56	0.14%	2.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
27	345	128	Aug 26	DET		LAA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.2	4	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.33	3.59	28	111	82	15	14	6	13	4	3	0	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.239	1.24	0.25%	1.74	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
28	346	133	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	0	9	2	0	3.30	3.61	24	113	83	17	12	1	14	4	2	0	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.115	1.23	0.12%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	347	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	11	1	0	3.28	3.57	30	116	78	17	15	8	10	5	2	0	63			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.133	2.56	0.15%	1.41	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
30	348	142	Sep 11	DET		BAL	L,1-3	GS-5	L(14-8)	5	5.0	7	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.33	3.65	23	104	65	17	14	4	10	3	2	0	46			0	0	1	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.103	1.68	-0.14%	-0.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
31	349	148	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.22	3.62	26	106	68	14	15	5	10	3	3	0	78			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.462	1.49	0.36%	3.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
32	350	152	Sep 22(2)	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(15-8)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	11	2	1	3.21	3.67	24	115	73	22	14	3	7	2	1	0	65			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.105	2.73	0.14%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
33	351	157	Sep 27	DET		CLE	W,12-0	GS-8	W(16-8)	4	7.2	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	3.10	3.55	27	110	76	30	18	8	6	1	2	0	82			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.187	.47	0.14%	3.83	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a9
34	352	161	Oct 2	DET	@	ATL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(16-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.04	3.48	27	105	77	19	15	7	11	4	2	0	68			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	0	.92	0.207	.00	0.00%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							20-14		W-L:16-9	4.5	227.2	171	81	77	57	254	30	8	3.04	3.48	903	3668	67%	17%	12%	0.55		23%	13%	0	62		---%	5	6	3	827	35	4	1	8	7	3	.96	3.853	1.22	2.51%	37.26

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